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Go to Thiesen's, Fleet Farm or Farm and Fleet, and buy a steel snow shovel. Don't try to get by with a cheap plastic one. Don't go to Menards.
Shovel the snow before the rest of the family has a chance to stomp all over it and turn it to ice. This includes driving on it. It will come up much easier. If you are away during the day and it snows, park in the street, shovel a path for your car, then put it in the garage.
When you say mid-Iowa, I'm assuming no further north than I-80. You shouldn't get that much snow, a small snow blower or thrower is likely adequate for most snowfalls. My step-daughter lives in Davenport, we bought her a 7hp 26" wide snowblower. She's never used it.
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